{"id":17000,"date":"2012-04-19T09:27:06","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T13:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/former-embassy-of-iran-in-washington-d-c\/"},"modified":"2012-04-19T09:27:06","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T13:27:06","slug":"former-embassy-of-iran-in-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/former-embassy-of-iran-in-washington-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Former Embassy of Iran in Washington, D.C. is located at 3003-3005 Massachusetts Avenue, in Washington, D.C.\u2019s Embassy Row neighbourhood. Withdrawn, silent, and inaccessible it has been closed since the fall of the Shah, and the US embassy hostage crisis of 1979. <\/p>\n<p>The lavish blue tile work, and mirrored ceilings of the interior are slowly crumbling. Only shadows move within the structure, as nature slowly reclaims it. The basic renovations enacted by the US government assist in preserving a partial ruin.<\/p>\n<h4>Old Days:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy01.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7737\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy01-580x696.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"696\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7738\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy02-580x535.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"535\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7739\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy03-580x422.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7740\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy04-580x415.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7741\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy05-580x725.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy05-580x725.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy05-281x350.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7742\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy06-580x700.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy06-580x700.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy06-291x350.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7743\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy07-580x534.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy07-580x534.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy07-350x321.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7744\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy08-580x595.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"595\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7745\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/embassy09-580x483.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"483\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Embassy-Iranian-Protester.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Embassy-Iranian-Protester-580x658.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian Protester IS Escorted from Embassy, 1963.\" title=\"Iranian Protester IS Escorted from Embassy, 1963.\" width=\"580\" height=\"658\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8257\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Today:<\/h4>\n<div style=\"text-align: left; font-size: small; padding-bottom: 8px;\" dir=\"ltr\">Photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/eric-parnes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Esmail Parnes<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7472\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran01-580x356.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7471\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran02-580x356.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7470\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran03-580x356.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7469\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran04-580x356.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7468\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran05-580x356.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7467\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran06-580x356.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7466\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran07-580x356.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7465\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran08-580x356.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7464\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran09-580x356.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7463\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran10-580x356.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7462\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran11-580x356.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7461\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran12-580x356.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7460\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran13-580x356.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7735\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran14-580x356.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7734\" title=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FormerEmbassyofIran15-580x356.jpg\" alt=\"Former Embassy of Iran in Washington D.C.\" width=\"580\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Former Embassy of Iran in Washington, D.C. is located at 3003-3005 Massachusetts Avenue, in Washington, D.C.\u2019s Embassy Row neighbourhood. Withdrawn, silent, and inaccessible it has been closed since the fall of the Shah, and the US embassy hostage crisis of 1979. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[648,434],"tags":[617,459],"class_list":["post-17000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture-2","category-seen-from-outside","tag-building-2","tag-us-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24307,"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17000\/revisions\/24307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}